hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

Hello! I have a small problem with two sentences in English. The thing is - I know the right answers but I'm not sure how to explain them. Here they are: 1.The majority of problems we came across were staff-related and showed a lack of

Please correct the following sentences. Thank you. “Feeling thirsty, ma’m? Want tender coconut or coffee? I will take you to a good kiosk on the way”, the driver spoke good English. He smiled too. I didn’t answer him as I was in a trance unable

Hi, My take on your sentence is that if I say "I'll be right back", I am not committing myself to a promised time. It could be 2 minutes or could be 10. But if I said "I'll be back in 20 minutes", in my mind I really

"What I believe I can devote myself to to leave an ever memorable trace in the history is through becoming an automobile designer, the only dream of mine. " Wrong. Plain wrong. The sentence was probably written by someone whose native

Thanks a lot everybody. I love this forum. Sorry for such a late answer but I didn't get any email updates on the thread. Weird. I speak correctly danish and english too. But grammar just bugs me out. So many rules and I can't explain

Hello, Can anyone explain what this sentence means? Especially the word strain. In what sense is it used here? and "it" in "straining it..." refers to what? But even with training programs by American lawyers and

PH, I think that 'had' is possible only if both 'didn't know' and 'had' refer to the same time. In any other case, 'had' would not be possible. But, from the context it clear they don't refer to the same

I'll be right back in about twenty or thirty minutes. I wanna express the same meaning as this sentence. but I don't wanna say " twenty or thirty munites".Instead, I say : I'll be right back.It wouldn't take

Hi, I'm an EFL learner. my English teacher said, " though and as are different in this sentence. actually as is more concise." This is the sentence. 'Capitalism is a good system of economics, imperfect though it may